Article explores the relationship between Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and the French, particularly in St. Louis. Both Pierre and Auguste Chouteau were closely associated with these explorers, especially...

Article details the early history of the Chouteau Family, including the marriage of Marie Therese Bourgeois to Rene Choueau in New Orleans, and the birth of their son Auguste two years later in 1850. The...

Portraits and descriptions of Pierre Chouteau, Jr. (ca. 1789-1865), and his son, Charles Pierre Chouteau, or Charles Chouteau, both businessmen of Saint Louis. Description of Pierre as the nephew of Auguste...

Article about the "career of Pierre Chouteau, Jr. [or Jean Pierre Chouteau, 1758-18??, the father of Francois Chouteau], a prominent French fur trader who served as the American government's first Indian...

There are numerous references in the book to the Chouteau family and in particular Pierre Chouteau, Jr. and his involvement in the fur trade on the upper Missouri River. The focus of the book is the history...

A transcribed report written by Philander Prescott in 1833. Prescott wrote the report just before the Chouteau family took over the American Fur Company and it describes its history, trade activity, and...

Transcribed journal entries of David Adams from 1841-1845. Adams was an explorer of the Missouri Valley region and participant in the Western fur trade during this time period. His journal entries describe...

Portrait and chapter of the book about Pierre Chouteau, Jr. (1789-1865), "the second son of Pierre Chouteau and the grandson of the founder of St. Louis, Pierre Laclede Liguest," involved in the fur trade...

Part 6 of the 7-article series about Lewis and Clark in Missouri. This one discusses the fur trade up to and after the time Lewis and Clark traveled through the area. Includes a small chart--Partial Fur...